For some watch fans, the Royal Pop was a royal letdown.In the end, it wasn’t so much a wristwatch as it was … a key chain?Earlier this week, watch fans turned feral over the announcement that Audemars Piguet was collaborating with Swatch, the mass-market retailer whose timepieces are ...

A trailer heralds the latest spinoff from the Trump administration.Since it was unveiled last weekend, the trailer for “The Great American Road Trip,” the five-part reality TV show starring the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, his wife and their nine kids, has driven an unexpected amount of attention his ...

A couple of weeks ago, a gaggle of freshmen at McCallum High School in Austin, Texas, pulled out a pouch the size of a clementine and began batting it back and forth between their feet.“It took a minute for me to realize, Wait, this is hacky sack,” said ...

Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a swoosh in Vatican City.For a few hours Pope Leo XIV had sneakerheads stumped.Near the end of last week, the Vatican released a trailer for “Leone a Roma,” a breezy-looking documentary on the American-born pope’s years in Rome. It’s not something that would normally grab ...

When Joy Kwon, a third-year medical student on TV, set a boundary, she stirred a work-life balance debate among medical professionals and fans.Twelve episodes into the second season of “The Pitt,” there’s a short scene — scratch that, a mere minute-long exchange — that has unexpectedly emerged as ...

As gold and silver prices continue to soar, the metal’s relatively inexpensive cost has attracted new users.In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic lockdown, the jeweler Adam Neeley and his husband, Zach Rollins, threw a dinner party for themselves at their home in Laguna Beach, Calif. Their ...

Known as a playboy, the media mogul gave his paramours and three ex-wives plenty of stories to tell. He also managed to stay friendly with many of them.Ted Turner, who died on Wednesday at 87, was known for creating CNN and transforming the media landscape with the 24-hour ...

I needed distance to write honestly about my childhood. But fiction didn’t protect any of us from pain.For three days in 2002, my mother secluded herself in our guest room in Santa Monica, furious and depressed over my second published short story. I had known she would see ...

In Cartagena, Colombia, historic buildings, including a monastery and a nightclub, were transformed into a Four Seasons.This article is part of our Design special section on retrofits.Nearly five centuries of Colombian history leave their mark on the buildings making up the Four Seasons Hotel that opened in Cartagena ...

Christian Smalls, a longtime Amazon antagonist, was charged with trespassing and another misdemeanor, and spent 24 hours in jail. The union disavowed his actions.It was a moment of unexpected drama in a night known for high theatrics.As a parade of celebrities streamed into the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.The First to FallThe first night he came over, I was already drunk. I smoked cigarettes on the roof, swaying in the summer heat, pointing at planes passing over us and telling him they were shooting ...

A home playoff game on Monday night may pose an issue for Knicks superfans like Spike Lee and Timothée Chalamet.In a bit of scheduling mayhem, the New York Knicks will host the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden on Monday evening for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference ...

After 10 years away from the event, the superstar will return as a co-chair on Monday. Here’s what she has worn to her seven past gala appearances.In her own words: “She coming.”After Beyoncé dropped the cryptic two-word tease in advance of her latest tour, the phrase quickly became ...

The photographer Stephanie Chernikowski moved to New York City from Texas at an auspicious time — in 1975. The city was on the edge of a financial abyss, but at the margins, daring new forms of art and music were emerging.Renting a loft on the Bowery from Andy ...